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It was one of those idyllic mornings where the normally effervescent fountains belied their calm. One could not help but notice their doubling of Akash Kapur—his Zen as he greeted the crowd of anxious students at the University of Houston on Wednesday.

Houston -
As senior associate chair of Stanford University’s medicine program, Abraham Verghese, is no stranger to the operation room. And he's one of those people who gets to have his cake and eat it as well.

Houston -
Poets, fiction and non-fiction writers all had the opportunity to be bold and face their inner-writer this week for the kick-start the 2011 Boldface Conference for emerging writers in Houston.